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Celebrity Deaths Today in History - Read biographies of the Obituaries of Celebrities. Find Obituaries Today and in History in the Celebrity Deaths section of Tributes.com.en-usMother Mary Angelica, 92 (1923 - 2016)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/6/1/6101781_220w.jpeg" alt="Mother Mary Angelica" title="Mother Mary Angelica" /> Mother Mary Angelica, a Roman Catholic nun who founded a global religious television network that reaches hundreds of millions of believers, died Easter Sunday of complications after a stroke. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.Tributes.comMon, 28 Mar 2016 13:24:17 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Mary-Angelica-103432614http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Mary-Angelica-103432614
Macel Falwell, 82 (1933 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/5/3/5324811_220w.jpeg" alt="Macel Falwell" title="Macel Falwell" /> Macel Falwell, the widow of the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 82.
LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP) - Macel Falwell, the widow of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., has died. She was 82.
The Falwell family announced her death Thursday on social media.
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed his mother's death in an email Friday to The Associated Press and wrote that the family was preparing a statement.
Macel Falwell and the elder Falwell were married for 49 years....Tributes.comFri, 16 Oct 2015 17:04:46 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Macel-Falwell-102936952http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Macel-Falwell-102936952
Boyd Packer, 90 (1924 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/7/4708634_220w.jpeg" alt="Boyd Packer" title="Boyd Packer" /> Top-ranking Mormon church official Boyd K. Packer passed away on Friday. Credited as the force behind the church's explosive worldwide growth, Packer's fierce advocacy of the more orthodox, conservative views of Mormonism made him a frequent target of criticism by more liberal Mormons.
By BRADY McCOMBS, The Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon leader Boyd K. Packer, president of the faith's highest governing body, has died. He was 90.Packer died Friday afternoon at his home in...Tributes.comSat, 04 Jul 2015 01:33:12 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Boyd-Packer-102633112http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Boyd-Packer-102633112
Sister Nirmala Joshi, 81 (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/6/4648637_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Sister Nirmala Joshi" title="Sister Nirmala Joshi" /> The Associated PressKOLKATA, India (AP) — The Indian nun who replaced Mother Teresa as head of the Missionaries of Charity died early Tuesday, the organization said. Sister Nirmala Joshi was 81.Her health had been declining in recent days, the charity said, but did not give more details about the cause of her death.She was selected to lead the Roman Catholic charity six months before the death of its founder, Mother Teresa, in 1997. She remained its leader until stepping down in 2009.Indian...Tributes.comTue, 23 Jun 2015 12:42:05 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Sister-Nirmala-Joshi-102596170http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Sister-Nirmala-Joshi-102596170
L. Tom Perry, 92 (1922 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/5/4515634_220w.jpeg" alt="L. Tom Perry" title="L. Tom Perry" /> The Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon leader L. Tom Perry, a member of the faith's highest governing body, has died from cancer. He was 92.Perry died Saturday surrounded by his family at his Salt Lake City home, church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a statement.Perry was diagnosed with cancer in late April after being hospitalized with breathing trouble. He began receiving radiation treatment and briefly returned to work as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a group...Tributes.comSun, 31 May 2015 15:51:10 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/L.-Tom-Perry-102522165http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/L.-Tom-Perry-102522165
Rabbi Moshe Levinger (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/4/4431889_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Rabbi Moshe Levinger" title="Rabbi Moshe Levinger" /> By ARIEL SCHALIT, The Associated Press
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a leading figure in Israel's settler movement, was laid to rest Sunday in the West Bank city of Hebron, where he helped establish a controversial Jewish community after Israel captured the territory from Jordan in the 1967 Mideast war.
Thousands attended his funeral outside Hebron's holiest site, known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque. Relatives said Levinger...Tributes.comSun, 17 May 2015 16:33:57 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Moshe-Levinger-102479434http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Moshe-Levinger-102479434
Rabbi Elio Toaff, 99 (1915 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4299601_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Rabbi Elio Toaff" title="Rabbi Elio Toaff" /> The Associated PressROME (AP) — Elio Toaff, the longtime chief rabbi of Rome who helped set Judaism and the Catholic Church on the path to reconciliation after centuries of distrust, has died. He was 99.Toaff died Sunday, the Jewish community announced, and Rome's main synagogue immediately opened its doors for those wishing to pay their respects.Toaff took a historic step on the path of reconciliation when he welcomed St. John Paul II on the first-ever papal visit to a synagogue in 1986."A...Tributes.comMon, 20 Apr 2015 22:14:01 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Elio-Toaff-102397048http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Elio-Toaff-102397048
Cardinal Francis George, 78 (1937 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4285821_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Cardinal Francis George" title="Cardinal Francis George" /> By RACHEL ZOLL and DON BABWIN, The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Cardinal Francis George, a vigorous defender of Roman Catholic orthodoxy who played a key role in the church's response to the clergy sex abuse scandal and led the U.S. bishops' fight against Obamacare, has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 78.
George, who retired as Chicago archbishop in the autumn 2014, a few months before announcing his treatment for kidney cancer had failed, died late Friday morning,...Tributes.comFri, 17 Apr 2015 20:03:06 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Francis-George-102389933http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Francis-George-102389933
Gardner Taylor, 96 (1918 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4225877_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Gardner Taylor" title="Gardner Taylor" /> By RACHEL ZOLL, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, who played a key role in the civil rights movement, has died. He was 96.Taylor died on Easter Sunday, according to the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a denomination he helped form and once led. Taylor was the longtime pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, but had retired to Raleigh, North Carolina.Taylor was an ally and confidant of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther...Tributes.comMon, 06 Apr 2015 18:58:52 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Gardner-Taylor-102352596http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Gardner-Taylor-102352596
Robert Schuller, 88 (1926 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/2/4208168_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Robert Schuller" title="Robert Schuller" /> The Associated Press
GARDEN GROVE, California (AP) — A public memorial will be held for the late televangelist the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in a plaza outside the glass-paned Crystal Cathedral he built in Orange County.
Daughter Carol Schuller Milner said Sunday the service will be held on Monday, April 20 on the campus of Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove.
After the memorial, Schuller will be buried beside his wife in a private service at the campus cemetery.
Schuller died Thursday...Tributes.comThu, 02 Apr 2015 15:48:17 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-Schuller-102342606http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Robert-Schuller-102342606
Collins Chabane (2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/1/4107863_220w.jpeg" alt="Collins Chabane" title="Collins Chabane" /> The Associated PressJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities say a Cabinet minister who led the planning of the 2013 funeral of Nelson Mandela has died in a car crash.The office of South African President Jacob Zuma said Collins Chabane, minister in charge of public service and administration, died early Sunday.Zuma said in a statement that Chabane's death is a big loss to the government and the country.The president's office said Chabane planned the funeral of Mandela, the anti...Tributes.comSun, 15 Mar 2015 19:47:19 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Collins-Chabane-102281153http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Collins-Chabane-102281153
Cardinal Edward Egan, 82 (1932 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/4/0/4056630_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Cardinal Edward Egan" title="Cardinal Edward Egan" /> By VERENA DOBNIK, The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Cardinal Edward Egan, a Vatican theological force who led the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York for almost a decade, will be eulogized Tuesday from the pulpit where he once preached.
His successor, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, will be the celebrant for the afternoon funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral that follows a public viewing.
Participants listed on the Mass program include Metropolitan Opera soloists Renee Fleming and...Tributes.comTue, 10 Mar 2015 14:14:40 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Edward-Egan-102250734http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Edward-Egan-102250734
Niki Aziz, 84 (1931 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/9/3947940_220w.jpeg" alt="Niki Aziz" title="Niki Aziz" /> By EILEEN NG, The Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, a revered Islamic spiritual leader who helped bolster unity in Malaysia's opposition bloc and was a key advocate of Islamic law, has died. He was 84.His son Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Aziz said his father, who was battling prostate cancer, died Thursday at his home in northeastern Kelantan state."The angels came to escort my father's soul back to his creator at 9:40 p.m. (1340 GMT) on Friday. May my father be...Tributes.comFri, 13 Feb 2015 15:51:04 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Niki-Aziz-102182672http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Niki-Aziz-102182672
Rev. Richard McBrien, 78 (1936 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/8/3852040_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Rev. Richard McBrien" title="Rev. Richard McBrien" /> By TOM COYNE, The Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (AP) — The Rev. Richard McBrien, a University of Notre Dame theologian known for his unabashed liberal stands on various church teachings and his popular books on Catholicism, died Sunday in his native Connecticut, according to the school. He was 78.
The often-quoted theology professor, who for nearly 50 years penned a weekly column for Catholic newspapers, courted controversy with his criticism of Pope John Paul II's emphasis on...Tributes.comThu, 29 Jan 2015 18:16:09 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-McBrien-102115494http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-McBrien-102115494
Marcus J. Borg, 72 (1942 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/8/3840761_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Marcus J. Borg" title="Marcus J. Borg" /> The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian who attracted praise and controversy by helping to lead efforts to analyze Jesus as a historical figure, has died at age 72.Borg died Wednesday at his home in Portland, Oregon, according to his publisher, HarperOne. The publisher announced Thursday that Borg had been suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a scarring or thickening of the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe.A popular speaker, frequent...Tributes.comFri, 23 Jan 2015 12:44:34 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Marcus-J.-Borg-102107575http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Marcus-J.-Borg-102107575
Dr. Maher Hathout, 79 (1936 - 2015)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/7/3743868_220w.jpeg" alt="Dr. Maher Hathout" title="Dr. Maher Hathout" /> By GILLIAN FLACCUS, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Maher Hathout, a prominent interfaith leader hailed as the father of the Muslim American identity, has died. He was 79.Hathout, who was born in Egypt but became a steady and insistent voice for Muslim American civic engagement over four decades, died Friday at the City of Hope in Duarte after a yearlong battle with liver cancer, said Salam al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which Hathout co-founded in...Tributes.comWed, 07 Jan 2015 16:04:41 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Maher-Hathout-102046298http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Maher-Hathout-102046298
Gleb Yakunin (2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/7/3715532_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Gleb Yakunin" title="Gleb Yakunin" /> The Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — Gleb Yakunin, a dissident Russian Orthodox priest who was defrocked and later excommunicated, has died at age 80.His widow, Iraida, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he died Dec. 25 from complications of Lou Gehrig's disease.Yakunin, who denounced persecution of religious believers, served several years in prison in the 1980s and angered the church by accusing its top officials of having collaborated with the KGB during Soviet times, when the church...Tributes.comWed, 31 Dec 2014 08:58:17 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Gleb-Yakunin-102022481http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Gleb-Yakunin-102022481
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, 75 (1939 - 2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/7/3703248_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Ben Ammi Ben-Israel" title="Ben Ammi Ben-Israel" /> By IAN DEITCH, The Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe, has died in the southern Israeli town where he brought his followers four decades ago, the polygamous vegan group said Sunday.Ben Ammi Ben-Israel died Saturday at the age of 75, the group said. He was born Ben Carter in Chicago in 1939. The group considers him the Messiah.He maintained that...Tributes.comMon, 29 Dec 2014 05:43:40 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Ammi-Ben-Israel-102014490http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ben-Ammi-Ben-Israel-102014490
Rabbi Harold Schulweis, 89 (1925 - 2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/6/3666062_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Rabbi Harold Schulweis" title="Rabbi Harold Schulweis" /> The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rabbi Harold Schulweis, an influential Conservative synagogue leader and scholar who fostered bold change, has died in Los Angeles at age 89.
His death late Wednesday was announced by Rabbi Edward Feinstein, senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, where Schulweis was the spiritual leader for decades.
Innovations credited to Schulweis include gathering small groups of families to share religious and family life, a new model for lay-professional...Tributes.comFri, 19 Dec 2014 19:39:56 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Harold-Schulweis-101986716http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Harold-Schulweis-101986716
Nicolae Corneanu, 90 (1923 - 2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/3/3301687_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Nicolae Corneanu" title="Nicolae Corneanu" /> ALISON MUTLER, The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian Orthodox bishop who was the first senior cleric to acknowledge collaborating with the feared Securitate communist secret police has died. He was 90.Nicolae Corneanu, the bishop of Banat, who irritated Romanian Orthodox Church leaders with his non-traditional views, died Sunday at his residence, church spokesman Lucian Florea said. Bells rang out at Orthodox and Catholic churches Sunday night upon news of his death.In 1997...Tributes.comTue, 30 Sep 2014 16:49:39 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Nicolae-Corneanu-101740418http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Nicolae-Corneanu-101740418
Rev. Ian Paisely, 88 (1926 - 2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/2/3234098_220w.jpeg" alt="Rev. Ian Paisely" title="Rev. Ian Paisely" /> SHAWN POGATCHNIK, The Associated PressDUBLIN (AP) — The Rev. Ian Paisley, the Protestant firebrand who devoted his life to thwarting compromise with Catholics in Northern Ireland only to become a pivotal peacemaker in his twilight years, died Friday in Belfast. He was 88.Paisley's blistering oratory in sermons and street protests was blamed for fueling four decades of bloodshed that claimed 3,700 lives.Yet at the zenith of his peace-wrecking powers, Paisley in 2007 stunned the world by...Tributes.comFri, 12 Sep 2014 18:20:47 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ian-Paisely-101682906http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Ian-Paisely-101682906
Bishop Cirilo Flores, 66 (1948 - 2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/3/2/3210291_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Bishop Cirilo Flores" title="Bishop Cirilo Flores" /> The Associated PressSAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego has died.The diocese says Bishop Cirilo Flores died Saturday in Mission Valley after a battle of cancer. He was 66.U-T San Diego reports (http://bit.ly/Wx2Sqy ) that Flores had been ailing since April 17, when he suffered a stroke. While under treatment, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.Flores became the Diocese of San Diego's first Hispanic bishop nearly a year ago. The son of a Mexican immigrant,...Tributes.comSun, 07 Sep 2014 21:27:11 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Cirilo-Flores-101664888http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Cirilo-Flores-101664888
Metropolitan Volodymyr (2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/2/9/2964020_220w_1.jpeg" alt="Metropolitan Volodymyr" title="Metropolitan Volodymyr" /> The Associated PressKIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Ukraine's Orthodox Church has died at 78 after leading it for more than two decades during the tumultuous post-Soviet period.Metropolitan Volodymyr, who had been credited with stabilizing the church, died Saturday "after a long illness," the church announced online Saturday.In his more than 20 years as head of the country's largest church, Volodymyr weathered the breakaway of two groups that declared themselves independent of the Moscow...Tributes.comSat, 05 Jul 2014 16:48:50 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Metropolitan-Volodymyr-101493485http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Metropolitan-Volodymyr-101493485
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/2/9/2960975_220w.jpeg" alt="Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi" title="Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi" /> The Associated PressBOULDER, Colorado (AP) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a founder of the Jewish Renewal movement and a widely influential figure in contemporary Jewish thought and practice, has died in his Boulder, Colorado, home. He was 89.Schachter-Shalomi, known to his followers as Reb Zalman, died Thursday morning in his sleep after a long illness, Rivkah Walton of the Alliance for Jewish Renewal said.Schachter-Shalomi started the renewal movement in the early 1960s as a way to use...Tributes.comThu, 03 Jul 2014 23:42:37 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Zalman-Schachter-Shalomi-101491861http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Zalman-Schachter-Shalomi-101491861
The Rev. Alvaro Corcuera (2014)<img src="http://d3trabu2dfbdfb.cloudfront.net/2/9/2942785_220w_1.jpeg" alt="The Rev. Alvaro Corcuera" title="The Rev. Alvaro Corcuera" /> The Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — The Rev. Alvaro Corcuera, who led the Legion of Christ religious order through the turmoil surrounding revelations that its founder was a pedophile and fraud, has died. He was 56.The Legion said Corcuera, who stepped down as superior in 2012 because of a brain tumor, died Monday in Mexico City.Corcuera took over as superior in 2005, a year after the Vatican opened a secret sex abuse investigation into the Legion's founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel. Even...Tributes.comMon, 30 Jun 2014 21:08:48 +0000http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/-Alvaro-Corcuera-101483930http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/-Alvaro-Corcuera-101483930